If your only frame of reference is Public Andy, it's easy to believe that sitting in a meeting hosted by Andy Reid would be the equivalent of a mayo-on-white-bread sandwich.

YOU HAVE an Eagles offense that can't run very effectively, so it doesn't try more than every now and then, carrying the NFL rushing ranking of 26th to prove it.

Trent Cole's eyes widened and his smile broadened when he was asked how to deal with a quarterback the approximate size of an oak tree, such as Baltimore's 6-foot-6 rookie, Joe Flacco.

Marquee matchups

On this, the Eagles' players did not differ.

The media have been bashing Donovan McNabb for the last few days.

NFL

By IRA KAUFMAN

Excerpt from a post yesterday on the Daily News' Eagles blog, www.

REPEAT THIS slowly, so as not to choke on the words:

OWINGS MILLS, Md.

In many ways, Illinois junior quarterback Juice Williams has made remarkable progress.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.

The Donovan McNabb NFL Rule Book Quiz:

By ROY CUMMINGS